Safe embodied in a bathtub



Oct. 2l, 1947. G, RQBERTS 2,429,487

SAFE EMBODIED IN A BATHTUBy Filed July 7, 1944 6' @je 6. Pobers gall ATTORNE Patented Oct. 21, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improved combination bath tub and safe and has particular reference to use of a safe in the home where it is conveniently installed in the walled body of the bath tub and is so constructed and positioned in said tub that the exterior appearance of the tub does not indicate that a safe is stored therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide unique means for retaining the safe in a fixed position within the tub.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bath tub safe that is economical to manufacture, one that may be easily installed and a construction that is strong, durable, and highly serviceable in use,

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description:

In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of the combined safe and bath tub,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan View disclosing the safe in position within the tub,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the face cap or closure that is fitted in the wall of the tub and functions to conceal the safe, and

Fig. 4 is an edge elevation of the cap.

It is often desirable to retain valuable papers, moneys, jewelry, etc. in a home, but when the same are placed in cabinets, drawers of furniture, and like places, there is ever present a re hazard or a danger of theft. To therefore provide a depository for said valuables and wherein the fire hazard and danger of theft have been eliminated, I have produced my arrangement of a bath tub safe, so constructed that the tub will have the general appearance of a conventional tub and yet will have embodied therein a safe readily accessible to an authorized person for placing therein and removing therefrom the referred to valuables.

Referring to the drawing the numeral Sindicates a bath tub that includes a top wall 6 and a rear hollow chamber or compartment 1, and a front wall 8. Depending from the top wall 8 and integrally formed therewith is a ledge 9, slotted as at I0. The said ledge is adapted to receive therein a pair of headed bolts Il and on said bolts there are threaded nuts l2. These are the fastening media that serve to detachably secure a cylindrical safe I3 to the ledge 9. It is within the safe that the referred to valuables are stored. To obtain access to the locking mechanism of the safe, I employ a cover plate I5 that is threadedly secured in an opening I6 formed in the front wall 8 of the tub. It will be observed that the outer surface of the cover plate harmonizes with the general appearance of the wall 8 of the tub, which cover plate serves to entirely hide from view the suspended safe.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be obvious that I have produced an unique arrangement of a safe within a tub.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the shape, size,

material, and arrangement of parts may be ren sorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim,

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In combination with the top wall and front wall of a bath tub, of means provided within the body of the tub for suspending a safe from the top wall of the tub, said means comprising a slotted ledge integrally formed with the top wall of the tub and fastening elements for detachably securing the safe to said ledge, and means provided in the front wall of the tub to obtain access to the suspended safe, said means comprising an opening formed in the front wall of said tub and a closure detachably positioned in the front wall opening.

GEORGE G. ROBERTS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,512,937 Knaster Oct. 28, 1924 1,962,076 Jadowski June 5, 1934 2,306,934 Cade Dec. 29, 1942 2,322,407 Widman June 22, 1943 

